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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 63, No. 121

Wednesday, June 24, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

Commission on 21st Century

Production Agriculture Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Agriculture (USDA) has established the

Commission on 21st Century Production

Agriculture. In accordance with Section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (FACA), notice is hereby

given of the second meeting of the

Commission on 21st Century Production

Agriculture. The purpose of this

meeting is to consider organizational

matters and review of farm policy

issues. This meeting will be open to the

public.

PLACE, DATE, AND TIME OF MEETING: The

meeting will be held in Room 221–A,

Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20250, from 1:00—5:00

EST on July 9, 1998, and 8:00 am—12

noon EST on July 10, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Keith J. Collins (202–720–5955), Chief

Economist, Room 112–A, Jamie L.

Whitten Federal Building, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20250–3810.

Dated: June 17, 1998.

Keith J. Collins,

Chief Economist.

[FR Doc. 98–16700 Filed 6–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request—Forms FNS–806–

A, Claim for Reimbursement (National

School Lunch and School Breakfast

Programs), and FNS–806–B, Claim for

Reimbursement (Special Milk Program

for Children)

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice invites the public to comment on

the proposed Food and Nutrition

Service (FNS) use of Forms FNS–806–A

and FNS–806–B, Claims for

Reimbursement. The Forms are used to

collect data to determine the amount of

reimbursement school food authorities

participating in the National School

Lunch Program (NSLP), School

Breakfast Program (SBP), and Special

Milk Programs for Children (SMP) are

eligible to receive.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before August 24, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Terry A.

Hallberg, Chief, Program Analysis and

Monitoring Branch, Child Nutrition

Division, Food and Nutrition Service,

USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room

1008, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

also become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Terry Hallberg, (703) 305–2590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Titles: Forms FNS–806–A, Claim for

Reimbursement, (National School

Lunch, and School Breakfast Programs),

and FNS–806–B, Claim for

Reimbursement (Special Milk Program). OMB Number: 0584–0284.

Expiration Date of Approval: May 31,

2000.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection. Abstract: The NSLP, SBP and SMP

claims for reimbursement forms, FNS–

806–A and FNS–806–B, are used to

collect meal and cost data from school

food authorities whose participation in

these programs are administered

directly by FNS Regional Offices

(Regional Office Administered

Programs, or ROAP). In order to

determine the amount of reimbursement

school food authorities are entitled to

receive for meals and milk served, they

must complete these forms. The

completed forms are submitted to FNS’

Regional Offices where they are entered

into a computerized payment system.

The payment system computes earned

reimbursement.

Earned reimbursement in the NSLP,

SBP and SMP is based on performance,

that is, an assigned rate per meal or half

pint of milk served, with cost

comparisons for free milk and severe

need breakfasts. To fulfill the earned

reimbursement requirements set forth in

NSLP, SBP and SMP regulations issued

by the Secretary of Agriculture (7 CFR

210.8, 220.11, 215.10), the meal and cost

data must be collected on forms FNS–

806–A and FNS–806–B. These forms are

an intrinsic part of the accounting

system being used currently by the

subject programs to ensure proper

reimbursement as well as to facilitate

adequate recordkeeping. This request is being made because

FNS is implementing a new payment

system for the ROAPs in the NSLP, SBP,

and SMP. The current version of form

FNS–806 is used to collect meal and

cost data for all three (3) of these

programs. In the new payment system,

the data for the SMP will be collected

and recorded separately from the data

for the NSLP and SBP. The claims for

reimbursement for the NSLP and SBP

will be on the FNS–806–A and the

claims for reimbursement for SMP will

be on the FNS–806–B. The data

elements are the same, but collection

will be on two different forms.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information